2014 Memphis Tigers football team


The 2014 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were coached by third-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers competed as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Memphis began the year with low expectations since they finished at the bottom of the American Athletic Conference and posted a 3–9 record in 2013. However, the Tigers turned completely around. First, they finished in a three-way tie with Cincinnati and UCF for the conference title by posting a 10–3 record. It was their first conference championship since 1971 when Memphis was part of the Missouri Valley Conference. The 2014 10-win season equaled the total number of wins Memphis posted over the 2010–2013 seasons. Also, the 10-win season was the first time Memphis had posted double digit wins in a season since 1938. The Tigers also won their first bowl game since 2005 by beating BYU 55–48 in double OT in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl. Memphis also finished #25 in the final AP Poll for the first time since 2004.

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

Austin Peay

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–02011MEMP, 27–6

UCLA

Middle Tennessee

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–52013MTSU, 17–15

Ole Miss

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–47–22009MISS, 38–14

Cincinnati

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–142013CIN, 34–21

Houston

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–132013UH, 25–15

SMU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32013SMU, 34–29

Tulsa

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–102010TULS, 48–7

Temple

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12013TEMP, 41–21

Tulane

Overall recordLast meetingResult
18–11–12012MEMP, 37–23

South Florida

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32013MEMP, 23–10

UConn

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12013Michigan, 45–10

BYU (Miami Beach Bowl)

Depth chart